ConsentAuthorized City Manager to execute a three-year lease/purchase agreement for an upgraded Financial Management Information System (FMIS) which manages the city's accounting applications. FMIS will remain operational until the city's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation project is completed and run in parallel as a legacy system for a short period thereafter.

Approved California Energy Commission loan (at 3 percent) to fund energy and energy generation projects at City of Hayward facilities - City Hall, Police Department, Fleet Maintenance Building, City Hall parking garage, Cinema Place parking garage, the Soto Road Utilities Building and Streets/Water Building at the corporation yard. The lighting upgrades and use of solar panels will reduce the city's annual electricity costs by $111,981. PG&E rebates for the projects amount to $138,111.

Legislative BusinessIntroduced an ordinance to amend the Hayward Municipal Code relating to unreasonable noise. Adopted staff recommendations and reduced the distance, at which noise from vehicles is deemed excessive, from 50 feet to 25 feet.

Public CommentJim Drake is concerned about safety specifications associated with the mini-loop which is part of the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project.